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Ron Paul is more of a danger to the Republican Party than to the United States.

Someone who argues that the kinds of policies pursued by the federal government before the New Deal and World War II are precedents for the future can evidently produce disciples of all ages - who believe in all sorts of problematic conspiracy theories - but not generate sufficient electoral support for an election.

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